Improvement in cracker-machines



E. P. WASTE.

(HACKER-MACHINE. No.184,562. Patented Nov.21,1876.

INVENTOB ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

ELI P. WASTE, 0F NEW'YOBK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN CRACKER-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. IS 1,562, datedNovember 21, 1876; application filed November 4, 1876. I

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, ELI P. WASTE, of the city,county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Die forMolding Crackers, of which the following is a specification:

The nature of this invention consists in constructing a die for moldingand stamping crackers, the same being provided with a double discharge,each of which, acting independently of the other, insures a freedischarge of a well-formed cracker, the construction and operationvot'my invention being described as follows:

Figure 1 represents a plan of my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional sideelevation through the line w :17. I

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the case here presented, A represents a platen, on which any desirednumber of dies may be set, the said dies being attached thereto byscrews B B. (l is a die, upon whose face there are raised lettersrepresenting the name of the manufacturer. This die fits snugly in theshellD, as shown in the drawing. The stem 0 of the said die extendsupward through the platen, and has a shoulder, E, which prevents itsreceding farther than to bring the face of the die flush With the curveof the cup F. The said stem has a nut, G, screwed on its upper end,which, in connection with the spiral spring H, serves to keep the samein position shown in Fig. 2. I is a solid central piece, fitting snuglywithin the aforesaid die, and whose stem J extends upward into the stemof the die G. K is a spiral spring set within the said stem, and,bearing against the upper end of the stem J, serves to keep the sameinclined outward, as shown in Fig. l

2. Lis a set-screw for holding the central piece I in place. M is a slotin the stem 0, through which the screw L passes, and thus allows for themovement of the central piece.

It will here be observed that as the abovedescribed die or dies come incontact with the dough, they will recede back to a common level with theline of curve of the cup F and form its base, imprinting such shape,name, or impression as may be marked thereon, and immediately upon theplaten being raised the cracker or crackers will be freed from the moldby a double dischargethat is to say, the body of the cracker is forcedout of the mold by both dischargers O and I; but the special use of thecentral discharge I, in extending outward farther than 0, is to enableit to discharge the cracker clear from the impression on G.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A die for molding and stamping crackers, having a double discharge, 0and I, one fitting Within the other, the same being actuated by springsH and K, in the manner and for the purpose substantially as herein setforth,

shown, and described.

I ELI P. WASTE. Witnesses:

CHARLES H. NASH, G. SEnGwIoK.

